Governor Sarah Huckabee Sanders, the Arkansas Department of Human Services (DHS), and the Arkansas Department of Education (ADE) announced Monday on April 22nd that the state of Arkansas has formally launched the Summer Electronic Benefit Transfer (EBT) program applications, a new grocery benefits program that provides families $120 for each eligible school-aged child to buy groceries when school is out. Governor Sanders announced Arkansas’ participation in this new benefit program on January 2nd, 2024. “No child…
Read More »The Pike County Sheriff’s Department wanted to inform the residents of Pike County that starting at midnight tomorrow April 24th until 6am on Thursday April 25th all phones and internet will be down. All services with South Central will be down during that time frame as well. If anyone in the area would need anything between those times, call 870-925-3205 and 911 will still work for emergencies.
Read More »This Friday and Saturday April 26th and 27th the 3rd Annual Keith Stone Memorial Car Show will be held in Murfreesboro on the Historical Pike County Square. That Friday night there will be Show and Shine, a Street Dance, and Main Street Cruise. On that Saturday they’ll conclude with the scenic poker run which will be from 9am to Noon and registration begins at 8am. The best hand will win $200 dollars. For the kids…
Read More »Thursday during the South Pike County School District’s regular monthly meeting, the board approved a motion to hire these employees for the 2024-2025 school year; Carmen Lingo as elementary teacher, Kayla White as an elementary teacher, Blake Simmons as the Agricultural teacher, Buddy Ray as a certified retired coach up to 90 days to help with their football program, and Van Edwards as a bus driver. The board also accepted the retirement letter of Reggie…
Read More »Wednesday afternoon, Washington mayor Paul Henley and knifemaker Ricardo Vilar spoke to the Nashville Rotary Club about the upcoming James Black’s Bowie Heritage Festival in Old Washington. The festival will be held this Saturday, April 20th. Vilar explained how the festival started about 3 years ago. Vilar and several local knifemakers will be in attendance, including Jerry Fisk of Nashville, Lin Rhea (pronounced RAY), JR Cook and Tim Foster. Fisk was named a National Living…
Read More »Yesterday we had the opportunity to speak with the Assistant Director of Howard County Children and Adult Center Andrea Murphy about the 37th Annual HCCC Bass Tournament that will be held tomorrow. Murphy stated that they will have prizes up to 20th place and prizes donated by Husqvarna. In conclusion, Murphy talked about what the proceeds would go towards, and she even gave a special thanks to the sponsors. For more information you can call…
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Howard County Court met this week seeing 17 year old Christopher Lee Brown of Texarkana.…
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